Archive for January 4th, 2010
One of Mans favorite Garbage Patch’s
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Posted: January 4th, 2010 under General, Nature.
Tags: plastic bags, plastic pollution, StoplasticBags
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Permafrost Thaw May Accelerate Arctic Groundwater Runoff
As the Arctic warms, permafrost will degrade, potentially resulting in increased groundwater runoff as frozen ground that had blocked the flow of water melts. To investigate how groundwater systems will evolve as surface temperatures rise, Bense et al. developed a model to simulate an idealized aquifer covered by a layer of permafrost. They ran the [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Tipping Points.
Tags: catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, permafrost
Comments: 3